Shadow wrote:
Thank you Jimbo, your form of subtle yet effective form of trolling may be indeed the most effective means of shuting up the blue troll.

me9G7X5t1r2M wrote:I do not “CONDONE” what you guys are doing here...

now this is disrespect to our “Dumb-Ass” here... no pun intended.

why don’t you guys just let people be. kind’a like what our good all occult Santanic friend suggests, “MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS”, then other people would do the same and everyone can post whatever “trash” they desire to their hearts’ content, but in their OWN DAMN THREADS... everyone should look at blueangel as a good example of what posting “garbage” means... she is the “MASTER GARBAGE POSTER” and the “MASTER THREAD TRASHER” or “KILLER” that ever was. that just about sums here up in a NUTBALL. as for “purpose” she has none, “integrity” not in this life, and “interesting content” forget it, she “never had it” and she “never will”, so if you are really a “gargage collector” I recommend blueangel big time. she should be your role-model as far as posting “garbage” and ultimately, “trashing” everything in her way straight to HELL, where she will unify and be one again and whole again with her master trasher of the all worlds...

Ron Paul Speaking In Las Vegas - 7-7-7 :-o :-o :-o

Ron Paul Speaking In Las Vegas7-7-2007

This is one of the best speeches I have seen "Ron Paul" deliver outside of Congress to an audience during his Presidential Campain. He was definitely on the "Roll" here.

God, Country, Freedom – Ron Paul – U.S. President 2008If it wasn’t because “we”, the fearless free thinkers of America, care about our Freedoms & our way of life, we wouldn’t be seeking Ron Paul.

"If it wasn’t because our Founding Fathers, we wouldn’t have Ron Paul.

If it wasn’t because of the “Constitution of the U.S.A.”, we wouldn’t have Ron Paul.

If it wasn’t because our Congress have failed us time & time again, we would have not noticed Ron Paul.

If it wasn’t because of unscrupulous Power, & the corruption that takes you there, we would have not noticed Ron Paul.

If it wasn’t because of the Internet alone, we would have not noticed Ron Paul.

If we would have left it to the Media alone, we would have never noticed Ron Paul.

If it wasn’t because our civil rights have been most recently infringed upon, stepped on, & literally trashed & disregarded, we would have not been screaming for Ron Paul.

If it wasn’t because America the beautiful does not look so beautiful anymore (at least from where we are looking) we wouldn’t be seeking Ron Paul.

If it wasn’t because we have just recently lost the protections of both the “Posse Comitatus Act”, & “Habeas Corpus” alone, we wouldn’t be seeking Ron Paul.

If it wasn’t because America is being literally brought down by a secretly organized & pre-planned agenda, “controlled demolition” style, we wouldn’t be seeking Ron Paul.

If it wasn’t because our “privatized” fiat “currency” (the U.S. dollar) is running aground, at the speed of gravity, along with all of our hard earned personal wealth & savings, we wouldn’t be seeking Ron Paul.

If it wasn’t because of our anxiety of loosing our one last hope, our last streak of Freedom, we wouldn’t be seeking Ron Paul.

If it wasn’t because “we are” the free & fearless thinkers of America, & not the cowardly followers of senseless carelessness, we wouldn’t have Ron Paul.

If it wasn’t because we can truly & freely talk about “love, caring, country, God, Freedom, & future”, we wouldn’t have Ron Paul.

If it wasn’t because Ron Paul can talk about anything, with anyone, anywhere, we wouldn’t know Ron Paul.

It is because “we” do give a damn about our Constitution & our Civil Liberties, our God given Freedoms, & because “we” do care about “our” America & its Freedoms, that we are going to stand-up & “together” vote & elect Ron Paul as our U.S. President of 2008.

Ron Paul – November 5th 2007Ron Paul – U.S. President 2008 – Be Part Of It…

<center>Ron Paul U.S. President 2008 – Be A Part Of It</center><center>"A desperate disease requires a dangerous remedy." – Guy Fawkes</center>
<center>This November 5th...</center>
<center>We have a new mission for a new day!</center>
<center>We now face many truths that were false and countless people have died..</center>
<center> (Strength Through Unity Unity Through Faith)</center>
<center>They said there were Weapons of Mass Destruction...</center>
<center>They said the Iraquis wanted democracy and were ready to die for it..</center>
<center>I regret to inform you they lied..</center>
<center>We currently have 70,000 Myspace supporters</center>
<center>32,000 YouTube subscriptions</center>
<center>1000 Meetup Groups across the USA</center>
<center>Our Goal</center>
<center>Have every capable American citizen who supports Ron Paul to donate $100 dollars on</center>
<center>November 5th.</center>
<center>This mass donation and complete participation of 100,000 people donating on the same day.</center>
<center>It will be the single largest day in American history for any presidential candidate.</center>
<center>The Goal is too reach 10 million dollars in on day.</center>
<center>"People should not be afraid of their government; governments should be afraid of their people"</center>
<center>FOR.. LIBERTY</center>
<center>FOR.. FREEDOM</center>
<center>NO MORE!!</center>
<center>!!Ron Paul!!!</center>
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<center>Freedom! Forever!</center>
<center>Restore the Republic</center>
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<center> (Be a part of it)</center>November 5th For Ron Paul – yT Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yh_9fip694A

On Behalf of Ron Paul - Nov 5th's Victory Day
Our "Goal" is to collect a "minimum" of 100,000 "Personal Campaign Contributions" of $100 Dollars (USD) each, and thus raise a "minimum" of $10,000,000 Million Dollars (USD) from individuals from all walks of life, and to bringRon Paul's Campaign up to the "Next Level". Ron Paul has demonstrated to have the wits, the knowledge, the enthusiasm, the energy, the love, and Wisdom needed to bring America back. Ron Paul'splatform is that of the Constitution of the U.S.A. and its original intent of trueFreedom, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness, which belongs to every man, woman, and child. This includes the protection of their Freedom and their Unalienable Rights. Rights, which as per our Constitution, can not be removed by any government under any circumstance. In a world were a monopoly of prosperity, an unfair distribution of wealth, more greed, the lust of power, despotism, and just plain disregard for both humanity and our planet have been established by a secret and occult elite, Ron Paul is our only"Hope" for a true "America". Let's make America beautiful again. Let's together bringRon Paul to power.

Tucker: (3:31 m:s)
L.A. Times columnist, Joel Stein. Let's take a close look at what he calls, "The Ron Paul Revolution", in this week's Time Magazine.

Well, Joel. Thanks for coming on. I'm impressed that you dared to enter the Ron Paul world. Good for you. What is this about? Who are his fans?

Stein:
Oh man... they are... crazy!!! I... they are not just on the Internet. They show up to see h'm speak. Like I saw maybe...I don't know... Seven hundred (700) people show up for 300 hundred seats out in Iowa. It's amazing!

Tucker:
What, What, Why? Ok, let me just, just for those who haven't read. Let me read one of the opening lines of this piece, this week. Ah,... ah, that you wrote about Ron Paul.

Stein:
Give, give it, give it your all, though!

Tucker:
Ah, I, ...I will.

Stein:
Yeah!

Tucker:
(Screaming) Ron Paul goes to a college & delivers this same speech he's given for 30 years for his political career. The one spousing Austrian school of economics. Only now the audience is packed w/ hundreds of kids & Ron Paul t-shirts, & go nuts. They give standing ovations when he drones on about getting rid of the Federal Reserve & returning to (laughing) the Gold Standard.

Now what is that? Are they really there because they want to return to the Gold Standard?

Stein:
You know... I couldn't figure it out 'cause he would about like ah, "legalizing drugs", or "ending the drug war", & then he would talk about "ending the war in Iraq",... again, they would applaud, but "they went crazy" for the "fiscal" stuff.

I think it's the ah... the only thing I can get out of talking to people was that they see that there is something "corrupt going on" w/ the "military industrial complex", whether it's Black-Water or Haliburton. And he seems to be like the "radical" one to "change it".

Tucker:
So it's not, it's not just about the war. They are not just "liberals" who are "mad about the war" & he's got the most "radical" position. ...in the Republican Party. It's,... they like the idea about a "small government"? You think?

Stein:
I think they like just like that he seems like the guy from "network". Who's going to yell & tell Washington to screw itself. I think,... (surprised) he is just a "radical". ...This year.

Tucker:
How does he,... how does he seem about that? I mean, you say it's kind of bewildering for him to all of the sudden be popular, after decades of relative obscurity. Does he seem comfortable w/ it?

Stein:
(exited)Yeah! ...he seems confused, he s..., I think he believes that after 30 years,... it just took a long time for people to hear h'm. And they are finally paying attention. So, I think that he feels really vindicated.

He is also like this little nerdy guy, who is confused. I mean,... he is used to speaking to small groups of people about obscure subjects. ...So it's pretty freaky, I think.

Tucker:
Is he a good,... & I say this as someone, who I voted for last time in '88, & I like Ron Paul a lot. But I,... I never thought if he is a good speaker. Has he gotten better?

Stein:
No... He's horrible. He's like the professor who you know, you know he's smart. His book was supposedly really good. But you know, they are not going to stay up the whole class. But ah... he does it. He is like... There is something charming about h'm. He's an older,... cute little guy.

Tucker:
What?... Describe the average Ron Paul fan. Are they like the dean followers?

Stein:
No... no. They are definitely nerdier than the dean followers. I heard the dean followers, 4 years ago in New Hampshire, they are a good looking group. They are like little Kennedy kind of, you know, JFK kind of followers. These people are, ah, ...are pretty nerdy & hard core. Like I saw a guy standing in Iowa outside of the speech w/ like a tri-cornered hat, ringing a bell, w/ a full revolutionary suit. Ahm... there is a lot of a... obviously there is a lot of 911 truther's? Like to the far left who like him. There is a lot of anarchists. Like November 5th ..(guy-fox???) day, as his big fund raising day, that his followers have created. So, ah,... there are a lot of freaks out there.

Tucker:
Wow. Ho.. (laughing)

Stein:
Including you apparently (obviously referring about the "freaks") right?

Tucker:
(laughing) That's ah,... so (guy-fox???) day. Boy you caught me of guard w/ that one. That's farther out even than I realized. Joel Stein, cataloging... The far reaches of the campaign trail. Thanks very much.

Stein:
Thank you.

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These 2 idiots were definitely hand picked for the job, with nothing intelligent to say, & no intelligent angles. Nothing about Freedom, or the "loss" of our Freedoms for that matter. Forget about the Patriot Act, Posse Comitatus, or even Habeas Corpus. If they consider Ron Paul to be a “horrible speaker”, then what would their opinion be of George Bush Jr.? Oops... sorry. I forgot, they are not allowed to critique the select president, & be labeled "evil-lovers". Otherwise, they would loose their highly paid jobs, that provide absolutely nothing for the betterment of society. Empty, garbage-filled propaganda.
--------------------------------------------Ron Paul's November 5th's "Victory Day" - 8-) 8-) 8-)

On Behalf of Ron Paul - Nov 5th's Victory Day
Our "Goal" is to collect a "minimum" of 100,000 "Personal Campaign Contributions" of $100 Dollars (USD) each, and thus raise a "minimum" of $10,000,000 Million Dollars (USD) from individuals from all walks of life, and to bringRon Paul's Campaign up to the "Next Level". Ron Paul has demonstrated to have the wits, the knowledge, the enthusiasm, the energy, the love, and Wisdom needed to bring America back. Ron Paul'splatform is that of the Constitution of the U.S.A. and its original intent of trueFreedom, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness, which belongs to every man, woman, and child. This includes the protection of their Freedom and their Unalienable Rights. Rights, which as per our Constitution, can not be removed by any government under any circumstance. In a world were a monopoly of prosperity, an unfair distribution of wealth, more greed, the lust of power, despotism, and just plain disregard for both humanity and our planet have been established by a secret and occult elite, Ron Paul is our only"Hope" for a true "America". Let's make America beautiful again. Let's together bringRon Paul to power.

We Can't Have Freedom Without TruthWe can't have Freedom w/o Truth. We can't have Freedom w/o being able to "speak" that Truth & w/ the repression to do so by an oppressive government. We can't have Freedom w/o the " Checks & Balances" of the different branches of government. We can't have Freedom in a Republic where the President has a " secret & personal"agenda. We can't have Freedom if " The People" are not being “faithfully & fairly”represented. If our government relies on “false” events, & “false” sequence of events, “false” witnesses, “false” evidence, “false” pretences, "false & fabricated" enemies, & ultimately, “false” history, we can not be a "Free" people. We can't haveFreedomw/o the protection to "unreasonable searches & seizure" & w/o the ability to be able to legally "defend" ourselves from "any charges". We can not be Free w/o "Habeas Corpus". Without these basic rights, w/o these basic legal protections, anyone can be stripped from their Freedom, at any time, plain & simple. If a “dubious” enemy that is detained under “dubious” evidence, & held w/o charge can be "tortured", then "anyone" can be "tortured". When a “governant” can, at the "will" of his "thought" alone, deem anyone an "enemy" w/o these "basic rights", w/o any kind of "legal protections", & w/o any oversight, then that person ("enemy" or "not"), seizes to be a "Free" people. When anyone is treated"inhumanely", then that makes those who provided that treatment, "inhumane". You can't have it both ways. You can not pretend to be a "humane" society, & act "inhumanely". A “governant” that acts w/o any oversight from Congress or "The People" becomes a "Tyrant", becomes, a "Dictator". What makes a "Dictator" more effective than a "legal" Congress w/ an oversight? Absolutely, nothing. To the contrary. That "Tyrant"can run"mad" & do "illegal" things, bend, distort, & transform the truth unrecognizable, or even make-the-truth (which becomes a " falsehood") in order to achieve his " secret & personal"agenda. With a "Tyrant", w/ a "Dictator" a Republicwe are no longer.

"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter, and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." – Abraham Lincoln

"That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." – Abraham Lincoln

"To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men." – Abraham Lincoln

"If by the mere force of numbers a majority should deprive a minority of any clearly written constitutional right, it might, in a moral point of view, justify revolution." – Abraham Lincoln

"If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true that you may fool all the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all of the time; but you can’t fool all of the people all the time." - Abraham Lincoln

There is no honorable way to kill, no gentle way to destroy. There is nothing good in war. Except its ending. - Albert Einstein

Ron Paul - Our Republic Dissolving Into A Military Dictatorship
"The American Republic is in remnant status. The stage is set for our country to devolve into a military dictatorship, and few seem to care." – Rep. Ron Paul
http://www.rense.com/general79/ambush.htm

Thank God for "Freedom Of Speech"... An “Informed Citizen” makes a good “Patriot.”
8-)

The Heroes of Freedom"We owe them. The least we can do is honor them by acting w/ the same resolve of fearless courage & devotion to Freedom, against all odds, & against any circumstance. For Spirit has always existed, & it always will..."

The “Spirit” of Freedom

It is because of brave men like Paul Revere, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, John Adams, Ron Paul & others like them, to which today we owe our "Freedom", or whatever glimpses of real Freedom we actually have. Because of their courage & not their fear is that we are here today being able to converse & write about these ideas. Their resolve to pursue & act amidst opposition & to continue until their vision of Freedom was achieved to the best of their abilities is the “Spirit of Freedom”. Spirit is a life force that comes from within & without this universe. This force can never be destroyed.

Quote:

"Paul Revere is a hero because he risked his life for the colonists. He was a messenger transporting information between the colonies of Lexington and Concord. The members of these colonies were fighting against “Taxation Without Representation." Paul Revere made the famous Midnight Ride from Boston to Concord. He warned the colonists, “The British are coming.” Paul Revere was one of the few living witnesses to hear the first shots of the American Revolutionary War."

“During the Midnight Ride, Paul had to overcome being sought after and captured by the British soldiers. He may have seen the Boston Massacre on Monday, March 5, 1770, an infamous event in American history. Paul was brave enough to travel to England following the Boston Tea Party to deliver a message to King George III explaining the reasons for the Tea Party” FREEDOM HERO: PAUL REVERE – by Sam from New York –
<a href="http://www.myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=revere_new_york" target="_blank">http://www.myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=revere_new_york</a>

For anyone to think that Ron Paul “hasn't got a snowball's chance in hell of winning” is merely a shortcoming in their inability to realize the power of Spirit, & their inability to envision the “Spirit of Freedom” at work, which is as “alive” today as it was then in March 5th, 1770. Many times throughout history it has been demonstrated that this power is capable of performing & manifesting supernatural acts of Spirit – or miraculous events.

As for “Paul Revere was not a self-centered coward because he was more concerned for others than for his own safety.”

If anyone does not understand, that is just because, to know Spirit, you have to be in touch w/ your Spirit.

Thank God for "Freedom Of Speech"... An “Informed Citizen” makes a good “Patriot.”
8-)

Thank God for "Freedom Of Speech"... An “Informed Citizen” makes a good “Patriot.”
8-)

Ron Paul - Presidential Candidate 2008 - 8-) 8-) 8-)

Ron Paul - Presidential Candidate 2008We as a country face a lot of problems today, and I talk a lot about those problems, but the truth is that we have a campaign of hope. We do not despair, because if we do the right things, things will come out alright. It does not mean we don't have difficulties, but it just means that we have to be persistent and our message and our voices have to be heard (applause).

What I think has happened to us in our country is probably a hundred years ago or so, somehow or another, freedom got chopped to pieces. There were some who would defend personal liberty, others would defend economic liberty, and others would have their say about understand or understanding of a foreign policy, which was our traditional foreign policy "of minding our own business" (the crowd raves).

And today, today our goal has to be to bring it back together again. Personal liberty is economic liberty and "true"freedom and following the Constitution means that "we will be bringing our troops home" (the crowd goes on raving). - Ron Paul 2007

The new face of the freedom movement is Texas Congressman Ron Paul. The credit mostly goes to the Internet for having brought this principled politician into the light. And Paul is perhaps the only individual for whom “principled politician” isn’t an oxymoron. Among nontraditional campaign contributors online, Paul is the Republican presidential frontrunner, having outpaced Sen. John McCain in fundraising. While the mainstream media continues to blackout Paul, he’s setting the Internet ablaze with a firm position against the Iraq War, against taxes and against big government. Ultimately, more and more people every day are saying yes to Dr. No. (Paul earned the nickname because he is a physician and for voting against any and all tax increases, and against any legislation that expands the federal government’s power as a House Representative.)

Locally, Paul’s impact is being felt. In just two short months, the Las Vegas Ron Paul Meetup Group has ballooned to more than 200 members. (Meetup.com is an online social networking website that facilitates offline group meetings in cities all over the world.) Vegas’ is now the eleventh largest Paul Meetup Group out of 553 nationwide, and is still growing. According to member Arden Osborne, the Vegas group is made up of people “all over the political spectrum, from anti-war Democrats to diehard Libertarians, from disillusioned Republicans to those with no experience involved in political action.” But for Arden, the journey from liberal to born-again freedom-lover began in 2004, when, curious about that year’s presidential election, he began to research George W. Bush on the Internet. What he learned disturbed him, greater than even Michael Moore’s infamous documentary hit job, Fahrenheit 9/11.

“The more I dug, the more I realized that this country is in serious trouble,” says Osborne. “Fact is. you can get more information from some of these websites and alternative media than from Ted Koppel or whomever.”

Osborne noticed Ron Paul’s name popping up in Libertarian websites like LewRockwell.com. Slowly but surely, Osborne’s liberal leanings started to shed and he began to fall in love with the original ideas that founded this country.

“Paul is the only politician I can get excited about at this point,” says Osborne. “He’s the first politician that I have found who has absolute integrity. He bases all his votes and decisions on the basic principles of our Constitution. If you don’t have fixed principles, things like money and power can sway you. That’s what makes Paul an attractive presidential candidate — his principles and integrity.”

Osborne joined the Vegas Paul Meetup Group last May and has never looked back. While the group isn’t officially part of the Paul campaign, Osborne wants to make it clear that he and other local Paul supporters aren’t just idly chatting on the Internet. One prong of the group’s effort is to put Paul’s name out there with visible posters, signs and articles in the print media. Second, the group plans to start knocking on doors.

“The ‘conversion’ rate is amazing,” says Osborne. “Once people learn that Paul voted against the war, against the Patriot Act, against government getting on our backs from the very beginning, people start to view him differently. I’m serious when I say that Paul is our last chance to get rid of the partisan junk. He doesn’t tow the party line. He’ll work both sides of the aisle, but only in accordance with the Constitution. He can bring the country back together and heal. He can reverse some of the self-destructive trends that have been set into motion. Anything else is just more of the same.”

The Las Vegas Ron Paul Meetup Group had an opportunity to meet with the 71-year-old Republican presidential candidate and hear him speak out against the federal government’s ongoing efforts — like a national ID card — to undermine the civil liberties of all Americans. According to an article in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, more than 350 young people comprised the bulk of this audience.

Liberty Watch, on the other hand, was in attendance at FreedomFest, which took place July 5-7 inside Bally’s on the Strip. For those who don’t know, FreedomFest is, at least according to the organization’s website, “an annual festival bringing together hundreds of the best and the brightest free minds from around the world to discuss and debate.” (See this month’s French Connection column for a more fair and balanced perspective.) Paul appeared at FreedomFest on that same Saturday, speaking to a larger, older crowd.

Liberty Watch learned a lot about Paul from our informal chats at his book signing and in the lobby of Bally’s. For instance, Paul gets along well with Democratic presidential candidate and Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich, which is surprising given the latter’s left-leaning views. (Though the mutual respect is perhaps due to the media’s labeling of both candidates as “dark horses” in their respective parties.) And when asked about his thoughts on the growing suspicion in the Internet community that 9/11 was an inside job, Paul revealed that, from what he has read, the event was more likely an “incompetence” job on the part of our national security leaders. But it was only during our more formal interview that Paul revealed what he really thinks about being the favorite candidate among Libertarians and (yikes!) liberals.

Young voters are finding out about you primarily, it seems, via the Internet and your well-received and much-discussed appearances on cable TV shows like “The Colbert Report” and “Real Time with Bill Maher.” How important is the Internet and these political satires to your campaign?

I think they are very crucial, and even though I made a little joke about how such appearances will help a Republican in a Republican primary, it really will be helpful. A lot of new people will come out and vote — that’s what I have found. It’s very, very good for a general audience. If you take the war issue, 70 percent of the people are against the war, and yet not 70 percent — maybe not even 50 percent — of voters would be against the war in the Republican primary. So in order for us to do well in the Republican primary, we have to get people to come over and join us and go into the Republican primary in order to make it practical. But if you just look at the issues and the ability to spread a message, this has been very significant, what the Internet is doing and getting on these shows. Our success is far beyond anything I had anticipated.

How much will the liberal crowd nurture or neuter your anti-war, anti-tax campaign before they start tearing you down — in the way that “mainstream” conservatives like Giuliani already have?

Right now, liberals are the most enthusiastic about my campaign. If I get a speech on the House floor on foreign policy, I’ll get many hundreds — sometimes thousands — of comments sent to my office. I would say 90 percent of them are from Democrats.

Do you worry that’s all machinations? To set you up for defeat later on by somebody more recognizable like Hilary Clinton?

No, I think they’re very sincere, because liberals are very, very frustrated with their own Democrats. Although they know I have shortcomings from their viewpoint — because I’m for free enterprise and free markets — they love my position on civil liberties and they love my position on war. They’re exasperated with their leadership, with Democratic leadership, because they’re not strong enough. Democrats go to their leadership and say, “Why don’t you work and talk like Ron Paul does?” So no, I think they’re very, very sincere. Now, whether or not they’re going to shift gears and come over to the party or not, that’s another thing. But certainly getting the message out and gaining support and introducing new people to these views has been growing by leaps and bounds.

We interviewed former House Speaker Newt Gingrich for the July issue of Liberty Watch: The Magazine. He had only positive things to say about you. In fact, in the last few months, we’ve spoken to many regional and national conservatives, and with the exception of Giuliani, they have nothing negative to say about you. The word “integrity” keeps coming up. Why is it so hard for a politician other than Ron Paul to have the word integrity attached to his or her name?

I don’t have an answer for that. [Laughs.] Maybe there’s a vacuum out there. People come up to me all the time and tell me, “You know, you are the best Congressman in all of Washington D.C.” I say, “It’s nice of you to say that, but considering the competition, it’s no big deal.” But you know, Washington is a mess. It’s been taken over by special interests, and it’s all a reflection of big government. Government is doing too much; it has too much to pass out, and therefore that’s how the system works. Even businesspeople, people who would like to get the government off their backs, have to play politics, because they have to go there and work the lobbying system to try to get relief. My message is much clearer: It’s not a little bit of mismanagement. It’s the whole program that’s wrong. The whole system is wrong. The war is wrong. The way we go to war is wrong. The policies are wrong. I make it much clearer, and I think it’s much easier to understand. I remember in a debate one Republican candidate was asked, “What programs are you going to get rid of?” And he hemmed and hawed and finally came up with one little program that nobody had ever heard of. Of course, my answer was rather clear. Instead of two or three programs, start with three departments — and let’s just get rid of them! So that’s easier to understand.

You currently serve as a role model for many young people interested entering politics so they can make the changes necessary to eliminate taxes and the corrupting influence of big government. Can you offer any good or practical advice to someone who is maybe mulling a decision to run for local office in his or her hometown or district?

The most important thing is to study hard, and understand that if you believe in freedom and limited government, then learn the issues and know how to explain them. Learn the monetary issues and the economic issues. If you know the issues well, you can explain the answers so that people can’t put you down as being uncaring and not compassionate. You have to be able to answer that, because freedom is compassionate, more so than all the authoritarian approaches. And then, when you learn that well and have studied that well, somebody will give you a job. You won’t even have to go looking. Somebody will give you a job.

For more info on Ron Paul, visit ronpaul2008.org. For more info on the Las Vegas Ron Paul Meetup Group, visit ronpaul.meetup.com/47.

If you've watched the previous debates, you've noticed the Perception Analyzer at the bottom of the screen. It records the reactions of about 30 "uncommitted" voters - but some say your brain can't devote its full attention to what the debaters are saying and what you're seeing.More..by proxrte101a